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Carol. Mullcr. 



Habitatio. Australia, Victoria, Grampians, Mt. William: Sul- 

 livan 18R3 in Hb. Melbourne. 



Grimmia funalis Kuropaca simillima pilo valde scrrato jam 

 toto coclo diffcrt. 



287. Grimmia (D r y p t o d o n ) c y 1 i n d r o p y x i s n. sp. ; cos- 

 pitcs ultra -poUicares e viridi-lutcsccntc nigrcsccntes laxissime cohac- 

 rentcs; caulis longiusculus rigidiusculus simplex vcl in ramos lon^U)S 

 curvulos parce divisus; fulia caulina densiuscule imbricata madore 

 raptim pcrsistenti-refltwiuscula valde patula, e basi excisa decurrente 

 lon^a anguste ovata in laniinam recurvam lon^uusculam anj^niste acu- 

 niinatam breviter nnicronatam producta, margine basilar! vald(^ revo- 

 luta superne crecta integerrima, profunde canaliculato-concava, nervo 

 angusto flavido percursa, c cellulis minutis basin versus parum majo- 

 ricus distinctius dolioliformibus crenulatis areolata; perichaetialia 

 pauca in cylindrum convoluta an^ustius nervosa brcvissime mucro- 



nata, intima tenera angustissima pallida; theca in pedicello longius 



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exserto tcnui spiralitcr torto flavido erecta longe anguste cylindrica; 

 pcristomii dentes (rudimentarie scrutati) profunde fissi breves rubri. 

 Caetera ignota. 



Habitatio. Australia, Victoria, Mt. William: D. Sullivan 

 1883 legit et misit. 



A Gr. Sullivani statura multo longiore, caultMiigrescenli-luteo, 

 praescrtim theca longc cylindrica longius exserta certe recedit. 



Dioica? Florem masculum non inveni. 



288. Grimmia (Dryi)todon) Sullivani n. sp. ; dioica; ces- 

 pituli humiles flavo-virentes basi densiusculi superne laxi ; caulis pol- 

 licaris vel brevior llexuosus innovando brcvissime ramulosus, ramulis 

 curvulis terctiusculis ; folia caulina minuta densiuscule imbricata ma- 

 dore raptim retlcxa deinquc patula, e basi angustiore erecta recurvate 



oblongo-acuminata breviter mucronata, margine usque ultra medium 

 distincte revoluta integerrima profunde canaliculato-concava, nervo 

 anguslo Havo percursa, e cellulis minutissimis veluti punctiformibus 

 basin versus distinctius dcjlitjliformibus crenulatis parum majoribus 

 areolata; i)erichactialia pauca in cylindrum brcvcm convoluta majora 

 brcvissime robuste mucronato- acuminata ; theca in pedicello tenui 

 brevi Havitlo erecta cylindrica vel cylindrico-oblonga, operculo e basi 

 minuta rubra recte subulato; pcristomii (Umtes in conum congest i 

 brcviusculi angusti rhacomitriaceo-profundo-fissiin subulas temies binas 

 asperulas pallidiores, basin versus rul^ri. 



Habitatio. Australia, Victoria, in Tyrenaeis, Mt. Cole: D. Sul- 

 livan leg. et 1883 misit. 



Grimmia compactu la mihi proxima differt foliis pilosis, 

 majus areolatis , theca ovali minore etc. Folia apice saepissime 

 fragilia. 



